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...toughest player you went up against? Any big-name pros, or was it someone you just had trouble reading throughout the tournament...
Back in July, nearly 7,000 players gathered in Las Vegas for the 2008 World Series of Poker's championship event - a $10,000 buy-in elimination tournament known as the most lucrative and prestigious event in professional poker. Last week, after a 117-day recess, 22-year-old Danish pro Peter Eastgate captured the title, defeating 27-year-old Russian Ivan Demidov by turning a straight on the final hand to beat Demidov's two pairs. Eastgate, the youngest main event champion in history, earned $9.1 million for his efforts-the second largest prize the tournament has ever doled...
...your path through the tournament, were there one or two key hands/moments that got you on track...
Ivan [Demidov, the runner-up] was one of the toughest players. He played a very good final table as well; he's a really tough player. There are a lot of tough guys. Later on in the tournament, there were so many really solid players, and very few bad players...
...Harvard women’s soccer team will face the Northeastern Huskies in the single-elimination NCAA Tournament tonight. The match will take place at 7 p.m.at Boston College’s Newton Field.On Monday evening, the 26 Crimson women’s soccer players crowded around the television on the second floor of Dillon Fieldhouse, waiting to hear the fate of their season. Across town, 29 Huskies were also anxiously tuned into ESPN to see what team they would draw for the first round of regional play. Neither team was surprised to learn its opponent...